Still mesmerized by the beauty, decay and opportunity that Transfiguration Church is beginning to represent. More to follow.
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5 comments:
sad to think that it is raining inside there tonight...
the truely sad thing it is that owner(the super coward local local lawyer Trezevant) is most likely waiting for a demolition order so that 'salvageable' items can be removed from this Polish master piece. remember that the preservation board/city laws and policy prohibits removing such items. what a dirt bag. i hope his mom is sentence to hard time.
i admit I was harsh, but people like the 'owner' of Transfiguration are the reason that Buffalo buildings decline. The worst thing is he'll never pay or be held accountable and most likely make a profit from his deteriorating properties without spending a dime beyond the initial acquisition price(aka pennies on the dollar)
Wow, Dave, that's really amazing. Once Monday is done, I definitely want to head over there!
Mark -
The other buildings - school, convent, and rectory - are still in use, and in decent (though not stellar) shape. I believe they were all purchased by Muslims, as was the former Polish National Cathedral a couple blocks away on Sobieski, and the former Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Church a couple blocks down Sycamore.
The priests had given up on the building long before 1993, though when I was in it around 1990 it still looked fine. There wasn't much fuss over Bishop Head's decision to close the place - of the 4 Polish churches closed that year, the only real battle was over St. Luke's, where the parishioners fought to stay open but the bishop wouldn't budge.
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